Day 05

Dice Envy has thrown us a curveball today! Today’s die does not match with any of the other sets AND it’s a pretty unique die.

TTRPGs have taught me about all the different kinds of dice that can be made. I’d gone nearly 40 years only ever having seen d6s and thinking they were synonymous with dice. Kinda like how in the USA when we say pickle - we mean a pickled cucumber when there can be so many others kinds of pickles. As I learned about d4, d8, d10s, d12s, and so on there was one constant - they were all EVEN numbered! But then I learned about Draw Steel and one of the dice they use is a d3. I’d NEVER heard of that. (By the way, Dungeon Crawl Classics also uses odd dice) In anticipation of maybe trying out Draw Steel in 2026 (along with Daggerheart and, maybe, Nimble: I’m a #SystemDragon) I went on a search to find d3s somewhere. Eventually I found some and added them to my wishlist. So it was quite delightful to find out that today’s die from the Dice Envy Advent Calendar is a d3!

It’s a pretty funky shape, but it definitely works as it should. Now I’ll be ready to head into The Delian Tomb!

(While it’s completely wrong since the surfaces are concave, for some reason every time I look at the image of the d3, it makes me think of a bowling ball! What do you guys think?)

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